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slobbery

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Wet and slimy, containing slobber, having the consistency of slobber.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2004, Susan Johnson - The Broken Book page 25. My own lips are slobbery suckers, the bane of my life, the subject of teasing by Peggy Gordon, who has recently taken to calling me Lubra Lips.

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noun

Meaning 2

The behaviour or attitudes of a slob; slobbishness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

From slobber + -y.

Etymology tree English slob Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English slobbery From slob + -ery.